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Re: WSJ TECHNOLOGY ALERT: Justice Dept. Launches Informal Review of U.S. Telecom Industry
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2009 16:49:52 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: "Bob Frankston" <Bob19-0501 () bobf frankston com> Date: July 6, 2009 4:05:17 PM EDT To: <dave () farber net>, "'ip'" <ip () v2 listbox com>Subject: RE: [IP] WSJ TECHNOLOGY ALERT: Justice Dept. Launches Informal Review of U.S. Telecom Industry
I hope they do more than just focus on the symptoms like cellular pricing.
Is there any possibility of addressing the inherent conflict of interest between the 19th century idea of communications as a service and the 21st century notion that we can create our own services and just need facilities maintenance, AKA infrastructure?
We saw the value liberated when we decoupled IBM's hardware from its software and the Internet has shown the same thing for telecom. Is it too much to expect a reexamination of the assumptions that define today’s telecom?
-----Original Message----- From: David Farber [mailto:dave () farber net] Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 14:11 To: ipSubject: [IP] WSJ TECHNOLOGY ALERT: Justice Dept. Launches Informal Review of U.S. Telecom Industry
Begin forwarded message: From: "Ronald J Riley \(RJR Com\)" <rjr () rjriley com> Date: July 6, 2009 1:05:58 PM EDT To: <dave () farber net> Subject: FW: WSJ TECHNOLOGY ALERT: Justice Dept. Launches Informal Review of U.S. Telecom Industry The cellular industry has become pretty arrogant and need to be reigned in. Perhaps this is the start. Ronald J Riley According to WSJ Technology Alert: "The Justice Department has begun an initial review of the U.S. telecom industry, according to people familiar with the matter. It isn't clear whether the agency intends to launch an official inquiry." "Among the areas the Justice Department could explore is whether wireless carriers are hurting smaller competitors by locking up popular phones through exclusive agreements with handset makers. In recent weeks lawmakers and regulators have raised questions about deals such as AT&T's exclusive right to provide service for Apple's popular iPhone in the U.S." http://online.wsj.com/article/ SB124689740762401297.html#mod=djemalertTECH ------------------------------------------- Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com ------------------------------------------- Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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